RABAT - A powerful earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday (Sept 8), killing at least 296 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes. The Interior Ministry said the number constituted a preliminary death toll and that 153 people had been injured. A local official said most deaths were in mountain areas...
RABAT - A powerful earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday , killing at least 296 people, destroying buildings and sending residents of major cities rushing from their homes.
Pan-Arab al-Arabiya news channel reported that five people were killed from one family, citing unnamed local sources. Further west, near Taroudant, teacher Hamid Afkar said he had fled his home and there had been aftershocks following the initial quake. Ighil, a mountainous area with small farming villages, is about 70km southwest of Marrakech. The quake struck just after 11pm.
Another Marrakech resident, Brahim Himmi, said he saw ambulances coming out of the old town and many building facades damaged. He said people were frightened and were staying outside in case of another quake.
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